St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-10
SAINT PAUL MATTERS.
Gov. MoGill Gives the World His Reasons
for Refusing to Sign Eight
Bills.
A New Pastor for the Clinton Avenue
Methodist Church. West st.
r. Paul News.
Appropriations for Next Iear--A
General Reduction of the Price
of Water.
Alderman Starkey's Resignation
Summary of News on Slushy
Spring Day--N otes.
WHY THEY WERE NOT SIGNED.


WHY THEY WERE NOT SIGNED.
Gov. McGuI Gives Reasons For
Withholding His Signature From
the Eight UMlucky BILLS.
Gov. McGill yesterday wrote out bis
reasons for not approving number Oh
bills passed by the legislature, appended
the reasons to the bills, anc filed them Win
the secretary of state. The bills are only
eight in number, and the governors reasons
for Withholding his approval are brief ana
to the point. His reasons are:
Senate File No POI, authorizing the sale OF
public building lands in kandiyohi county Tor
the purpose of constructing ditch. the pal-
anee to go to the benefit of the soldiers nome;
The land disposed of by this act was granted
to the state by the United States by the act OF
congress commonly known as the Enabling
Act" passed Feb. 20. 1857. In that act the
United States Incorporated five propositions
to grant land and money for specific purposes
therein named and specified four conditions
which the state must accept In It's state con-
stitution to entitle it TO said several grants.
These five propositions and four conditions
in the enabling act were, by it declared TO
be- if accepted by the state, obligatory upon
the United States and the state of Minnesota.
Its terms became so obligatory.
The lands granted in the first, second and
fourth propositions, viz, the school lands,
university lands and Salt Spring lands, and
the money granted by the fifth proposition
for internal improvements have been by the
state so far applied to the several purposes
for which they were granted in strict con-
formity with the terms OF said contract Inc
lands granted to the state by the third propo-
sition in said Enabling Act are those sought
-. h,ll
granted for the express purpose of complet-
lug the public buildings and for the erection
of others Ut the seat of government"
The precedeuts established by the DISPOSE
tion of the lands and money granted In The
other four propositions and the contract, OBJ
ligatory upon both parties by the terms OF
the Enabling act. require that these lands in
question shall be disposed of only for the pur-
poses for which they were granted and &C
cepted. The main purpose Tor which these
lands are disposed of by this bill, viz: the
-.reliet of disabled, aged and infirm soldiers,
sailors and Marines" has been rendered I'M
necessary by the liberal provisions already
made for the same purpose by this legisa-
Iure.
The second purpose set forth in the bill is
SIS 900 for draining the remainder Of the lands.
If the lands were sold in accordance with the
provisions of this bill it would require the
sale of the ten sections TO produce the $4,000
appropriated for ditch, and hence there
would be no remainder" left belonging to
the state to be drained thereby.
| am satisfied that it is for the interest of
the state and matter of justice to the peo-
pie in the vicinity of these lands that they
should be sold and opened up for settlement
and made to bear its proper share of the bur-
dens of taxation; but the proceeds ought to
be invested in interest-bearing securities and
devoted to the purposes for which the lands
were granted.
/ cannot consent to the misrepresentation
of the proceeds thereof in the manner con-
templated by this bill, and therefore withhold
my approval.
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
House File No. 2OS, to provide for annex
Ing and detaching territory to and from in
dependent school districts.
Under this bill, were it to become q law,
one man in common school district adjoining
an independent district could, by his own vote,
have his property attached to an independent
district. providing majority Of the voters of
an independent school district voted to re-
ceive him, or two men could vote in a third,
against his will. Again common school
district, which had contracted debt in build
ing good school house, might be deserted
under this bill by large number of taXpay-
ers and be left with large burden of debt on
its hands which it could not meet. 1 am sat
listed should the bill become a law it would
entail great hardship on many common school
districts of the state.
SO, 81, 95 chapter 95, general laws of 1878 re-
lating to offenseS against real property.
This bill contains serious blunder. The
author evidently intended to amend chapter
95 OF the general statutes of 1878, instead of
the general laws as stated. Chapter 95 of the
general laws relate to an entirely different
subject. The bill makes certain acts mis-
demeanorS that were not before so, and
would if allowed to become a law, be produc-
tive of nothing but useless litigation.
Senate File No. $50, to define the liabilities
of railroad companies having rights of way
through the streets of Cities villages etc., to
property holders owning property AUDITING
ehe rights of way ION both sides of the
Streets).
My approval OF this bill has been withheld
because OF the opinion of the attorney general
hereto attached. The attorney general says
that the liability of railway companies for
damage to abutting lot owners where rail-
roads are in public streets is well settled in
the state; that by the wording of this bill it
affects rights which have become vested, as
it would affect railroads not only to be con-
structed hereafter, but which have been con-
structed.
House File No. 3, for the taxation of rail-
road companies.
TIE provisions of this bill were enacted in
Senate File No. {, which has been approved.
ITO prevent uncertainty and confusion /
have withheld my signature from this bill, -
says the governor.
House File No. 400, to authorize and permit
Ebenezer r. Davis to construct and maintain
mill dam at the outlet of Lake Washington,
LIE Sueur county.
This bill is in direct conflict with subdiyis-
ION 10 of section 33 of article of the consti-
tuition.
House File No. 9S6, to amend the charter
OF Winoua creating new ward to be called
the Fifth ward.
Disapproved by reason of resolutions of
Winona board of trade and petition of citizens
against it.
House File No. $50, to amend section l6,
chapter SO, general statutes of 1878, relating
TO fees for scaling logs. CThis was Gregory
bill, and it proposed to reduce the fees in the
Saltwater distrct-A. c. Hospe's district
from TO cents)
This bill is Objectionable in form. It strikes
out the first three lines of a section regard
less of the fact that with these lines stricken
out an incomplete sentence and an incom-
,lete word of sentence remain in the law at
empted to be repealed. To insert the amend
Gent in the law, proposed by the bill and in
the manner proposed, would make bungling
piece of legislation. Besides, must confess,
1 do not sympathize with legislation which
discriminates against one individual of a
class. If the bill were properly drawn and of
general application l would not hesitate to
approve it.
SIXTH WARD MATTERS.